Tanzania is rich, so why are its people dirt poor?

Writer, Karl Lyimo identifies two key components that are holding back prosperity in Tanzania. Tanzania has been at the crossroads for a generation now and must make up its mind on its social, economic and political future. http://www.nationmedia.com/eastafri...

Shifting Baselines : Zanzibar's Missing Fish

Jennifer Jacquet, Ph.D. student with the Sea Around Us project at the UBC Fisheries reports that Tanzania used to be two countries. Now, Tanzania still has two sets of fisheries data and two options for reporting their fish catch: report it all (accurate) or report only half (inaccurate). Currently, only the mainland reports their fish internationally; Zanzibar's fish are missing from the statistics. http://scienceblogs.com/shiftingbas...

Experts Say Government's Project a Threat to Flamingos

The Tanzanian government has been asked to reconsider a proposed soda ash mining project in Lake Natron. http://allafrica.com/stories/200710 ...

Tanzania: Academics Criticize Government Over High-profile Graft

Mon. October 15, 2007 04:40 pm.- By Bonny Apunyu. -- (SomaliNet) In the latest case of corruption, Academics yesterday criticized the government over high-profile graft, excessive donor dependency and ... http://somalinet.com/news/world/Eng ...

Julius Nyerere: Statesman, Thinker, Humanist

Julius Kambarage Nyerere is a leader of the type of Mahatma Gandhi, Sun Yatsen, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Kwame Nkrumah, and Leopold Sedar Senghor, who have earned their place in the history of mankind. Even ... http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardia ...

Expert Tells How Dar Could Attract More Investors

Tanzania is likely to attract more foreign investors and secure more aid if it takes painstaking efforts to improve infrastructure and adhere to rigorous expenditure of public finances.The Managing Director ... http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardia ...

Metty Reviews Surrogates of the State

Metty'z RefleXions - Tanzania in Focus: Book Review: Surrogates of the State
Metty reviews a new book, Surrogates of The state: NGO's, Development and Ujamaa in Tanzania. Ujamaa was the concept that formed the basis for Julius Nyerere's social and economic policy following independence from Britain. Nyerere served as Tanzania's first president from 1964 to 1985. Nevertheless, several factors in the 1970's caused the collapse of Nyerere's Ujamaa approach and this book examines how NGO's might have contributed to the failure of Nyerere's concept of the "extended family", which for him meant that every individual was in the service of the community.

Tanzania Coffee Growers Acquire Techology to Improve Harvest and Increase Income

PT's Coffee Co. reports in its blog from the Let's Talk Coffee conference that Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers is introducing technologies to the Kanyovu growers’ cooperative in the Gombe region of eastern Tanzania to improve harvests, increase income and save the environment. Read more > Let's Talk Coffee ... Tanzania

Tanzania: Dar Plans Power From Sisal Waste

Peak Oil News and Message Boards is a community and collaboration portal about energy-related topics. It reports that a pilot project is underway in Tanzania to produce electricity from sisal waste. >>> read more

African study says that current biofuel projects in Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Benin could lead...

A study published by the Africa Biodiversity Network said that current biofuel project development and selection practices in Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Benin could lead to environmental and humanitarian ... read more ... >>> http://biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/200...

Rare fish catch in Tanzania`s Indian Ocean still a mystery

Researchers are yet to unravel the mystery of a rare species of fish that has been in existence long before the dinosaurs lived on this earth ... read more ... >>> http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articl...

Tanzania to host major ICT meeting

Daily News - TSN - Dar Es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania
TANZANIA will in November host the biggest ever workshop on Information Communication Technology (ICT) Disaster Management which is organised by ... read more ... >>> http://www.dailynews-tsn.com/page.php?id=8734

Women’s Health in Tanzania

Key Findings from the 2004-05 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey and the 2003-04 Tanzania HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey ... >>> http://www.measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/...

The Hindu Business Line : Tanzania keen on tie-ups with Bangalore hospitals for telemedicine

BANGALORE: With the IT city fast emerging as a global health destination, Tanzania is looking at tie-ups with two Bangalore-based hospitals for telemedicine. >>> http://www.thehindubusinessline.com...

University scientist studies tools of early man

Tue, September 18, 2007, By DANIEL MACISAAC, The University of Alberta may be known for its study of dinosaurs, but prehistoric man is also enjoying a share of the limelight. Anthropologist Pamela Willoughby is sorting through artifacts she dug up in the East African country of Tanzania - some as old as 200,000 years - looking for clues to explain how cavemen became modern man. >>> http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton Sun

Several Cases of Schistosomiasis Reported in Tanzania

Travelers contracting Schistosomiasis while swimming in a Tanzania fresh water pond -- Submitted by Jeanne Marie Kerns at Associated Content ... >>> http://www.associatedcontent.com/ar ...

Music from Tanzania

With the emergence of Tanzanian artist, Ras Nas aka Nasibu Mwanukuzi, on the East African music scene, there is no doubt that the region’s musical terrain will never be the same. ... >>> http://www.pr.com/press-release/52444

Tanzania says ‘08 tourism earnings to pass $1 bln « Ismaili Mail

AR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania, popular for its wildlife and beaches, expects tourism earnings to exceed $1 billion in 2008 thanks to marketing in North America and Europe. http://ismailimail.wordpress.c...

Ol Doinyo Lengai Forcing Displacements

Tremors and volcanic activity from Ol Doinyo Lengai near the Ngorongoro Crater are forcing settled populations to move away from the area reports IRIN. A government official is suggesting that individuals move at least 50K away. The same official suggests that 100K might even safer.

Tanzania FDI on the Rise

A recent article from IPP Media reports that Tanzania expects to realize a 16% increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2007. The main sectors attracting foreign investors are mining, tourism, manufactuing and telecommunications. Emmanuel Ole Naiko, executive director of Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) hopes to attract more investments in the agricultural sector because more than half the country's 40 million people rely on agrarian products for its livelihood.

Saw my first Black-crowned Night Heron

Driving past a marsh near my home in Northern Vermont recently, I spotted three black-crowned night herons preying on frogs. A few days earlier, my wife spotted a beaver in almost the same location. The beaver is limited to North American wetlands, whereas the black-crowned night heron ranges over five continents including Africa.

Snow and More Snow

A major snow storm hit the northeastern United States on St. Valentine's Day. A second storm is now upon us. Not as severe, but skiers and snowboarders are very happy to see their season extended. Wasalam!

Wild Tukeys of North America

I thought I would share with my African friends a picture of wild turkeys. I live in a rural area of Vermont and turkeys are frequent visitors to our house because we feed birds. We spread cracked corn around for the turkeys. See the Wikipedia entry in order to know more about the wild turkey. They are wary birds and often fly in because the snow is too deep for them to walk in. Wasalam!

Monduli Teachers College releases website

TanEdu, the blog site for Tanzania Education and Information Services Trust announced recently that the Monduli Teachers College in Arusha released its website. The College motto is "Education for Liberation". The institution runs an elementary and secondary school. It has been in existence since 1971 and enrolled women for the first time in 1979.

More Environmental Assaults on the Serengeti

Can you image an airport in the Serengeti? An opinion article in The East African is reporting that Grumeti Reserves Ltd. is supporting such a project to bring more tourists to the sacred Serengeti. This concept does not sit well with me. A much more appropriate approach would be to renovate the existing Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) as well as existing road links. Keep development near the Serengeti “at bay”. Once that line is crossed the pressure and need to develop expands exponentially. Think of the support apparatus needed to sustain an airport -- hotels, restaurants, transportations depots for high-roller tourists. It becomes an expanding organism that has no boundaries. Improve KIA and its infrastructure and keep the Serengeti pristine.